What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite
by David Disalvo
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appears in Psychology, Psychology, and Personal Development.
This book reveals a remarkable paradox: what your brain wants is frequently not what your brain needs. In fact, much of what makes our brains "happy" leads to errors, biases, and distortions, which make getting out of our own way extremely difficult. Author David DiSalvo presents evidence from evolutionary and social psychology, cognitive science, ...
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appears in Psychology, Psychology, and Personal Development.
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